Improvement in water cut-offs for cisterns



. thtitcd mes t i I, J AcoB R. MANmgof the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented i, certain new and useful Improvements in Vater Gut- Offs, 'ofwhich the following is a` full description, ref-` erence being had to the accompanying drawing making apart of this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation, witha portion of the outeil casing removed to show the interior.` 1 L` Figure 2, an end view.

Figure 3, avert-ical section.

The object of my invention is to construct au iinproved 'cut-oli, primarily designed to be used with rainfwater conductors, by means of which the water ,l can he readily directed vinto Athe cistern, l:or into a waste-pipe, when desired, and consists in making the movable portion ofthe,` cut-off in two parts, .and l double jointed, thereby `securing 'greater freedom of action. i i y :In the drawingi A represents a casing,.within which the principal parts ofthe deviceare enclosed. v Bis a short piece of pipe, extending a little way into the Casing,and projecting a short distancepout ot` the same, and permanently secured thereto.

C Dare two short pipesattachedto thecasing at the bottom, through oneot which the water may be conducted .to the `cistern orlother receptacle, and

Athrough the otherinto a waste-pipc.- l

`Ill-s a yshort pipe, piyoted `to B at ltwo opposite points, one of which, a., is shown.v F is another short pipe, having two slots opposite `each other, oneof which, c, is"shown.V

the'lowerend. Itmay also be a little elongated at ment. l p In constructing themcut-o, F is passed over E;

L'lheupper endvof this pipe is alittle 'larger than the 'upper end, in the direction-of its lat-eral movei y Jason n; `Mannrgon cnrcneo, ILLINOIS.

" The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent and making part o! the same two lugs are then permanently attached to E opposite v.each other, one of which, b, is shown.

These lugs extend into or through 'the .slots in so that-'the latter. is loosely connected to E, -and can i be movednp and down. f

d is an arm or lever, the outerend of which is p ivfoted to F at The other end is securely fastened to g, g. 3, which extends ontsideof the casing, and is there attached to a thumb-piece, c.

nish a better bearing or'support for the arm y.

The size of the cut-olic depends en the size of the In use, the cut-off is connected at its upper end,l

by IS, to the conductor from the roof, at any suitable place, `and one ot' the outlets is connected to the pipe leading tothe cistern, the other being left open or connected with a wastepipe.

By means of the thumb-piece and levers, the pipes E E Vcanlbe'made to communicate either with C orD 4at pleasure, F beingfirst raised up,'and then vcarried over from one side to the'other, and then down to place within the outlet-pipe.

Cut-offs constructed as described, with a double joint, can lie-made more compact than those now in juse, and arexalso more easily operated.

What- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follo\vs:`

?The slotted pipe F,in combination with the pivoted section-E, inlet-pipe B`and outlet-pipes C D, operat4 ing substantially as specified.' Witnesses: p JACOB R. MANNY E. A. WEST,

O. W. BOND.

f is a piece of metal attached to the casing to fur- 

